International Day of Sign Languages Image: The day is observed on September 23 International Day of Sign Languages 2020: Sign language is a way of communication using hand gestures, which are visually ...

Every year on September 23, the world celebrates the International Day of Sign Languages, a day devoted to raising awareness of the value of sign languages as an essential human right for the world's ...

Why The Day Matters: The International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is observed every year today, September 23, following the United Nations’ declaration to highlight the rights and identity of the ...

"A World Where Deaf People Can Sign Anywhere" is the theme of this year's Sign Language Day 2023. A world where national sign languages are valued and utilized widely as a component of national ...

This year’s theme “Sign up for Sign Language Rights” encourages global support for the legal recognition of national sign languages. The UN General Assembly has proclaimed September 23 as the ...

“If there is no sign language, technology, special educator and interpreter then the learning process of deaf students would be challenging,” says Ferdinand Marshillong, a research scholar who is hard ...

International Day of Sign Languages 2021: As per the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), more than 70 million people are deaf worldwide. Out of them, more than 80% live in developing countries.

Every year, September 23 is celebrated as the International Day of Sign Languages. The day supports and protects the linguistic identity of people who are deaf along with other users of sign languages ...

The International Day of Sign Languages is a unique opportunity to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users. During the 2022 ...

More than 80% of them live in developing countries. Collectively, they use more than 300 different sign languages. There are more than 70 million deaf people worldwide, according to the World ...